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Despite K9 alert, Georgia man has still not been located By MITCH SNEED Editor
The body of a Georgia man who had been missing since Monday evening when he was last seen in the waters of Lake Martin has still not been recovered. Dogs trained in cadaver recovery alerted to a presence not far from where the initial search began early Friday morning and teams restricted traffic in the area and began Mitch Sneed / The Outlook to dive and drag the lake. Edward Bailey navigates the rescue squad boat and drops a marker as a cadaver dog Despite rotating teams in and out and from the North Alabama Search Dog Association alerts to a possible location of a body. searching the area with multiple means
where the dogs alerted, the search was unsuccessful as of 6 p.m. Friday. Alexander City Police Department Chief Jay Turner said the 42-year-old man had no known health problems and was physically fit, but at about 6 p.m. Monday, the pontoon he and four others were in was parked in a part of the north end of the lake near Camp ASCCA swimming. His friends told officials that he was in the water and didn’t resurface. Since then, the search by multiple agencies and volunteer groups over parts of See SEARCH • Page 3
Dadeville mayor says changes, new businesses coming By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Dadeville Mayor Wayne Smith was the special guest at Thursday’s meeting of the Dadeville Kiwanis Club, talking about the many positive things taking place around town to the members and Key Club students in attendance. “My motto is, ‘Onwards and Upwards,’” he said. His presentation began by talking about the positive changes occurring, including the plans resident Dianna Porter has to enhance Keebler Park and the Creation Plantation, the upcoming groundbreaking Smith ceremony for the new DHR building and other community-wide events. “The soap box derby last Saturday was a rousing success,” he said. “The fall festival on Sept. 23, it’s going to be something.” Smith also discussed several of the meetings he has recently had with representatives of government agencies and businesses looking to possibly set up shop in Dadeville. “There are five spots on the Lafayette Street project left. I met with two representatives from both ALDOT and the contractor recently. We had our meeting in the middle of Lafayette Street, so it was a See DADEVILLE • Page 9
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United Way to host campaign kickoff event By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Marking the starting point of their 2018 fundraising campaign, “Team United,” the Lake Martin Area United Way will be hosting a kickoff event at the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center on the Central Alabama Community College campus on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., the event will feature displays
from all 28 agencies United Way partners with, along with dinner and a special presentation to announce the fundraising goal the organization hopes to meet. “We’ll open at 5:30 so the public can go through the displays set up,” United Way Executive Director Sharon Fuller said. “The presentation will begin at 6.” Those in attendance will be given a card with spaces to mark the displays
they attend. This card will also function as their meal ticket, and will enter the attendee into the drawing for special door prizes to be given away after the presentation, according to Fuller. “In keeping with our theme of ‘Team United,’ we’ll be having a tailgate dinner Tuesday night, with hot dogs, hamburgers and things like that,” she said. See UNITED • Page 9
Man apparently commits suicide after attempt to serve indictment By MITCH SNEED and CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writers
An attempt by Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department deputies to serve a grand jury indictment on an identity fraud suspect turned tragic Friday when the man apparently took his own life. According to law enforcement officials, the deputies knocked on the door of a home on Pineview Drive in Alexander City just before noon Friday. A man answered the door and then immediately slammed it. As law enforcement knocked again and called for backup, they reported hearing a gunshot. Alexander City Police Department units and the Alexander City Fire
Department responded. They found the man dead inside with a single gunshot wound, according to reports. Also on the scene were members of the Tallapoosa Narcotics Task Force who helped establish a perimeter. Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett and Alexander City Police Department Chief Jay Turner said additional details could not be released because it was an active investigation. Neither had any idea what may have led the man to take his own life. “Right now there is nothing to indicate anything other than it was an apparent suicide,” Turner said. “But right now that is about all we know and can release.”
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Nan Bufogle April 28, 1956 - August 18, 2017 Nan Morgan Bufogle, 61, of Columbus, Georgia, died August 18, 2017, peacefully at her home. Nan was born on April 28, 1956 in Jacksonville, Florida to Finis Morgan and Marjorie Nan Johnston Morgan. She was the oldest of two children. Her family lived in Jacksonville, Florida, Pensacola, Florida, and St. Louis, Connecticut while her father served in numerous management positions with Monsanto. Her father then took the position of CFO with Russell Corporation in Alexander City, Alabama. The family settled in Alexander City where she attended high school and lived until going to college. Her family served an active role in the Alexander City community their entire life. Nan attended Auburn University where she graduated with a double major in Applied Mathematics and Physics. She excelled while at Auburn and earned her degree in 1977. She continued to be an Auburn fan and loved attending games with family and friends. After graduating from Auburn, Nan was recruited by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and worked in the West Palm Beach, Florida facility from 1977-1983. She then relocated to Columbus, Georgia to join Aflac where she served in several management positions, including 2nd Vice President of Information Technology. She formed many lifelong friends while at Aflac. One special group is fondly referred to as “The Florida Girls,” because of their annual beach trip to Florida for many years. She joined TSYS in
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you.” It creeps me out when a man does it. I always thought those words were reserved for someone you are intimate with, such as a spouse or possibly one’s children. Am I wrong to think “I love you” has become meaningless from overuse? Or am I just a weird guy? -UNCOMFORTABLE IN TEXAS DEAR UNCOMFORTABLE: It’s not uncommon for good friends of both sexes to say “Love you” or “I love you” to each other as well as to extended relatives. In my opinion, it’s healthy for people to express their feelings, because there’s never too much love. Our world could use more expressions of it, not fewer. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby. com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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2000 where she worked until 2016. She was passionate and highly committed to her work. She was also a member of First Presbyterian Church. Nan will be remembered for her dedication and love for her family, her consistency and perseverance in every job she held, her love and loyalty to her friends, and her infectious laugher and positive outlook on life. She was truly one of a kind and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her father Finis and her mother Marjorie Morgan. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, David Michael Bufogle; daughter Sarah Nan Bufogle Pitzen, son-in-law Adam Lucas Pitzen, grandsons Lucas Morgan Pitzen and John “Jack” David Pitzen; and brother Jerry Scott Morgan. Visitation will be at the Striffler-Hamby funeral home in Columbus, Georgia from 5-7 pm on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Services will be held graveside Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Parkhill Cemetery with the Reverend Chuck Hasty officiating. The family is grateful to her caregivers for the loving, compassionate care that they gave Nan. Special thanks to the doctors and nurses at John B Amos and Preferred Care Hospice. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to John B. Amos Cancer Center 1831 5th Avenue, Columbus, Georgia and Grace Presbyterian Church of Columbus 5301 Sidney Simons Boulevard, Columbus, Georgia. Condolences may be offered at www.shcolumbus.com.
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• Ronald Delanfort Johnson, 56, of Alexander City was arrested for driving under the influence alcohol. • Jasmine Shaurice Corbin, 28, of Alexander City was arrested for contempt of court and failure to appear. • Bartone Letrel Jones, 42, of Childersburg was arrested for violation of family violence protection order. • Driving under the influence of alcohol was reported on Jefferson Street. • Disorderly conduct was reported on Mason Street. • Theft was reported on Mask Avenue. • Theft was reported in Market Place. • Domestic violence was reported on Iris Avenue. • Harassment was reported in Alexander City. • Harassment was reported on Mason Street.
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• Tammy Sue Hudson, 53, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication. • Javarse Dontrell Williams, 31, of Goodwater was arrested for two failure to appears. • James Allen Kittrell, 33, of Jacksons Gap was arrested for fraudulent use of a credit/debit card. • Kerry Dale Dubose, 27, was arrested for public intoxication. • Possession of marijuana was reported on Highway 280. • Public intoxication was reported on Highway 22 East. • Harassment was reported on I Street. • Harassment was reported on J Street.
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• Laura Johnson of Goodwater was arrested was arrested on nine grand jury indictments for illegal possession of precursor and was transported to the county jail. • Tony Mancilla of Alexander City was arrested on a failure to pay child support and was transported to the county jail. • A resident of Fern Ridge Court in Dadeville filed a report for harassment. • Felica Goggans of Alexander City was arrested on four grand jury indictment for assault second degree, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and public intoxication and was transported to the county jail. • A resident of Vista Wood Drive in Dadeville filed a report for domestic violence harassment. • Mekeldric Shealey of Lafayette was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear child support and was transported to the county jail.
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• A resident of Tiger Lane in Dadeville filed a report for domestic. • A resident of Notasulga Road in Tallassee filed a report for domestic. • Javaris Griffin of Birmingham was arrested on two failure to appear warrants for possession of marijuana first and possession of paraphernalia and was transported to the county jail.
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• Mark Williams of Parkway Circle in Alexander City was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear child support. • Alicia Howell of Lakeview Ridge in Dadeville was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear child support. • Kenneth Fuller of Cotton Lane in Alexander City was arrested on three grand jury indict-
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• A report was filed for Theft by Deception that occurred on Mariarden Road. • A report was filed for Theft of Services that occurred on Adams Street.
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• A report was filed for Theft of Property that occurred on Freeman Drive. • A Dadeville man, age 50, was arrested for Criminal Trespass and Domestic Violence on Herren Street. • A Dadeville man, age 27, was arrested for Certain Persons Forbidden Firearms on Fulton Street. • A Dadeville man, age 28, was arrested for Possession of Marijuana on Bartlett Street.
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• A Dadeville woman, age 49, was arrested on two warrants for Failure to Appear. • A Goodwater man, age 28, was arrested for two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia on Main Street. • A two motor vehicle collision occurred on N. Broadnax Street resulting in minor damage and no injuries.
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• A report was filed for Harassing Communications that occurred on Freeman Drive.
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• A one motor vehicle collision occurred on Young’s Ferry Road at W. Lafayette Street resulting in minor damage and no injuries. • A Montgomery man, age 20, was arrested for Minor in Possession of Alcohol on Highway 280. • An Andulusia man, age 20, was arrested for Minor in Possession of Alcohol on Highway 280. • An Alexander City man, age 55, was arrested on two warrants for Failure to Appear.
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five days had been unsuccessful. Turner said the North Alabama Search Dog Association K9 units are trained in locating cadavers and are among some of the nation’s best. This same organization trained in the area two years ago, not far from where the swimmer was last seen Monday. “They are top notch and we are grateful that they agreed to help,” Turner said. “We desperately wanted to give his family and friends some closure. I know this is not the outcome that anyone had hoped for, but we will all continue to work until we get them some answers.” Turner said visibility at the depths in the area where the man was last seen is almost zero. Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said that even though the dogs alerted, that still is a very large area in very deep waters. “Everyone is continuing the search with all the agencies that have been involved,” Abbett said. “Some additional groups have offered to come in tomorrow and help as well. They will drag throughout the night and have divers in when necessary.” Abbett said the response has been incredible. Those who assisted included: ALEA Marine Unit, the Alexander City / Tallapoosa County Rescue Squad, the Alexander City Police Department, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department, Alabama Conservation Officers, Tallapoosa County EMA, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Trooper Aviation Unit, the Montgomery Police Department’s Search and Recovery Dive Unit, the Elmore County Sheriff’s Department Dive Team and the North Alabama Search Dog Association all played roles in the effort. Alexander City / Tallapoosa County Rescue Squad’s Ken Cowart said they will remain on the water and searching in every way possible. In addition to the area where the dogs alerted, some are riding along the lake, searching along the shore and in sloughs just in case. “It’s been tough, but we just want to help this family,” Cowart said. “So we will keep boats out searching until will have are able to bring them some closure. We have crews out all the time, they come in and get a bite to eat and go right back out.” Abbett said travel on the north end of the lake will be restricted until the search is completed. They are asking that boaters reserve the area beyond the railroad trestle for emergency personnel only. “We understand that it is the weekend and people love to be on the lake, but keep in mind that we do have a search going on,” Abbett said. “If anyone should happen to spot anything that they think could help investigators, please contact law enforcement immediately and let us check it out.”
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he people who call Alexander City and the Lake Martin community home continuously prove they are among the most caring and giving group you will find anywhere. No matter what the situation, people here dig deep and do whatever it takes to help accomplish a mission or help those in need. We saw that first hand this week as a swimmer in Lake Martin disappeared while in the water with friends. As soon as the call came in search teams and first responders mobilized and hit the water to begin a search. Multiple agencies and groups worked as one, never once hesitating to take on any task they thought would help find the missing 42-year-old Georgia man. Churches came to help comfort the family and friends of the man. Agencies helped make sure that the people involved in the search had food, water and drinks every day. The Alexander City Police Department’s chaplains were on the scene for support. Police Department members used personal boats to help in the search and Sheriff Jimmy Abbett and ACPD Chief Jay Turner said multiple agencies had called and offered to help if needed. The rescue teams worked around the clock, many of those who were involved never going home, just catching an hour or two of sleep wherever they could. Most of them are volunteers, but their tireless efforts have been incredible. People called to ask what they could do to help. Those who assisted included: ALEA Marine Unit, the Alexander City / Tallapoosa County Rescue Squad, the Alexander City Police Department, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department, Alabama Conservation Officers, Tallapoosa County EMA, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the Lake Martin Area United Way, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Trooper Aviation Unit, the Montgomery Police Department’s Search and Recovery Dive Unit, the Elmore County Sheriff’s Department Dive Team and the North Alabama Search Dog Association all played roles in the effort. “It’s been amazing,” Abbett said. “They have all come together to help give this family some closure. That’s the great thing about the people we work with and this whole community. They will help any way they can.”
In the divisive issue of what to do with Confederate statues around the country, one reason we should take a breath here and not engage in the politics of history is to understand the past. Totalitarian regimes like the Nazis, Bolsheviks, Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge, North Korea’s Kim family, the Taliban, etc. all tore down statues relating to any history they did not like and rewrote all narratives to make themselves the heroes. Yet the dream of the Saul Alinsky-left is to cause turmoil, rewrite history in their favor, and divide a country to gain power in the tumult they create. Every totalitarian movement manufactures an enemy; Hitler made the Jews his (and Germany’s) scapegoat. It never ends well. The small number of 200 “white nationalists” in Charlottesville were able to get the attention of a nation of 330 million people by espousing idiotic views. What are white nationalists? They should just be called Klan Lite. All this conjured-up hyperventilating about Trump’s response to Charlottesville is just more of the condescending indignation of a press that wants to delegitimize his presidency any way it can. Parsing the phrasing of a response is just a silly word game. No one could rationally believe Trump is a white supremacist any more than he or she could reason that he is a Russian pawn.
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The tired article of faith among the media and the left is that anyone who disagrees with them politically is a racist. This is particularly acute for us Southerners. They think we all watch ͆Gone With the Wind” backward so that it will have a happy ending. We are a nation that likes to fight. Sending more troops to Afghanistan and doubling down on a $2 trillion mistake is the latest. War is just another unfunded government program. We are so eager to fight we are about to fight another civil war — over our last Civil War. Almost all countries on earth were involved in slavery at some point in their history. America hasn’t had slaves for 150 years, unless you count Walmart employees and interns at CNN. The slicing and dicing of purportedly wronged voters into buckets of victims, known as identity politics, was accelerated under Obama. That is why we cannot be totally surprised when small groups of disaffected whites start to coalesce around their own “identity” concerns. Racial issues are intensifying, yet racial double standards remain. Whites can listen to rap music, but we certainly cannot sing along. Polls tell us that race relations, long on the mend, got worse under Obama, a man uniquely positioned to make them better. To call a nation that twice elected an AfricanAmerican president “racist”
seems at odds with reality. Then-Vice President Joe Biden’s theme was that we need to have uncomfortable talks about race with each other. In my view, that dialogue between whites and blacks is difficult in cities like New York and Los Angeles because neither side speaks Spanish. Biden has done his part in the race wars. No one did more to dispel the myth of white supremacy than Joe Biden. Signs of “No Free Speech for Fascists!” appeared at the Charlottesville counterprotests, yet free speech is the best way our society has to identify the idiots who live among us. When does this path to totalitarianism end? Trump is right: Robert E. Lee now, but will Jefferson and Washington be next? I told my Washington and Lee University grad buddies that, at this rate, they will have to repeat college. It’s easier for opponents to call Trump racist now, rather than resorting to their narrative of the last six months calling him a communist, because that only increases his support among Democrats. It might again surprise the media, which condescendingly manufactured this faux indignation over Trump’s initial response to Charlottesville, that it actually might help Trump. He remains the Road Runner to their Wile E. Coyote. Ron Hart is a libertarian op-ed humorist and awardwinning author. Contact him at Ron@RonaldHart. com or @RonaldHart on Twitter.
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For goodness sakes, this country has lost its ever loving mind. I always heard that you throw a rock into a pack of dogs and the hit one yelps, hollers or even runs away. So true. Seems like there has been a lot of rock throwing going on for sometime. My gosh, do folks not have jobs, families, etc., to keep them occupied? Why would anyone in their right mind want to riot and take a chance of being seriously hurt or even perhaps killed?
Beats me, I don’t understand how can statues of anyone cause such a stupid problem. They are only inanimate objects. Perhaps they hold meaning to some and to others none. So let each one think his/her own way, as all this is in the past. Suppose if there were a statue of the Good Lord God, it would have to come also? There is good and bad in everyone and everything. So lets stop the bad and try to find some good. There are so many protesters out there and I really don’t know why or what for — just go with the flow. So let’s give each other as much love and
understanding as we want to receive from God. Don’t believe we have that much longer to do good. Perhaps now would be a good time to start. Seeing and hearing the horrible stuff that is going on overseas ought to be enough to scare us and make us strive harder for peace. If it doesn’t, then something is bad wrong. We need to worry about having love and peace the remainder of our days. Let sleeping dogs lie. May God bless all. Margaret Aldridge Dadeville
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STARGAZING: The Auburn Astronomical Society will set up telescopes to look at the night sky Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. on Hospice Point near the silo at Wind Creek State Park. FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends in Millerville will have Family Game Night Bingo from 5 until 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26. Begin with hot dogs, pizza, chips, and soft drinks.
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Thelma R. Blackmon, Rickie Stowes, Aaron Walker and Braxton
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Today’s Anniversaries
James and Deborah Pike and Robert L. and Bessie Golatte celebrate their anniversaries today.
Sunday’s Events
CHURCH HOMECOMING: River Road Baptist Church at 148 Dean Road is hosting a homecoming Sunday, Aug. 27 at 10 a.m. with Rebecca Futral and ‘Just One’ in concert. A love offering will be taken. A covered dish lunch will be served at noon. Margaret Thornton is music director and Dr. Albert Pike is pastor. Everyone is invited. CHURCH HOMECOMING: Zion Hill Baptist Church is hosting homecoming services Sunday, Aug. 27 at
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MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION: The Alex City Area Ministerial Association is hosting a dinner for ministers and spouses August 28 at 6:30 p.m. at Marshall Street Church of God. The meal will be a choice between pork chop or chicken with two vegetables, dessert and drink. The cost is $15 per person. Please respond ASAP to Pastor Mike Waldrop at radcom2jc@gmail com or leave a message at 256-392-4950. JOB FAIR: The will be a job fair at the Alexander City Sportplex at 1685 Riding Arena Monday, Aug. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday, September 3 PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY: The Mt. Zion East Baptist Church on StillWaters Drive is celebrating the 14th pastoral anniversary of Rev. Sis. Jimmy Thomas Sunday, Sept. 3 at 2 p.m. Guest minister will be Rev. J.C. Fryer of Pine Hill Baptist Church in Phenix City. Everyone is invited. ANNUAL HOMECOMING EVENT: Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church will be hosting their Annual Homecoming Event Sunday, Sept. 3 at 10:30 a.m. There will be no evening services on this day. Mountain Community Amazing Grace Minister will provide the music and lunch will be served following morning services. Everyone is welcome to join for this special occasion of worship, music and fellowship. Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church is located in Mountain Community in Clay County. PASTORAL APPRECIATION: St. John A.M.E. Church in Socapatoy is hosting the 22nd Pastoral Appreciation of Rev. and Sister James R. MoCoy Sunday, Sept. 3 at 2:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Minster Kelvin Woods of St. Mary Baptist Church in Lincoln.
Tuesday, September 5
DIVORCE CARE: Marijean Hadley is hosting a women’s divorce care workshop starting Sept. 5 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. the 13 week study is designed for women who are dealing with divorce or separation. It will be a Biblical approach to deal with many issues such as pain, loneliness, depression, anger, the effects on children and much more. The meeting place is campsite C72 at Windcreek State Park and is not associated with park events. The only cost is associateed with the workshop is a $15 workbook. For more information contact Hadley at marijean.hadley@gmail.com or 224657-4809. USHER MEETING: The Early Rose District is holding an usher meeting Sept. 5 at 5 p.m. at the Early Rose District Center.
Wednesday, September 6
GRIEFSHARE: The Trinity Campus of First United Methodist Church, next door to Russell Medical is hosting GriefShare. GriefShare is a grief recovery support group to find
help and healing for the hurt of losing a loved one. The 13 week curriculum uses videos and workbooks led by experts in the field of recovery. It starts Sept. 6 with meetings Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15 and 29 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. To register or for more information call 256-234-2455,
Thursday, September 7 DIVORCE SUPPORT GROUP: The Trinity Campus of First United Methodist Church is hosting a divorce support group Sept. 7 from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. to focus on helping separated and divorced individuals get through the difficulties of a broken marriage. The group will meet every Thursday through Oct. 19. PTSD SUPPORT GROUP: The Trinity Campus of the First United Methodist Church is hosting a post traumatic stress support group starting Sept. 7 and every Thursday through Oct. 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The group is for anyone who needs support in dealing with post traumatic stress.
September 7-28
WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY: Haven Memorial Baptist Church at 354 Christian Street in Alexander City is hosting a women’s Bible study “Battlefield of the Mind” by Joyce Meyer Thursdays Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28 from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your own lunch. For more information contact Joanne Finley at 334-332-5970 or Pastor Nolan at 256-682-3810.
Saturday, September 9
PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Comer Methodist Men’s Club is hosting a pancake breakfast Sept. 9 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Eat in or carry out for $6 a plate.
Sunday, September 10
CHURCH HOMECOMING: New Style Baptist Church is celebrating its 121st Homecoming Service Sunday, Sept. 10 at 2:30 p.m. The church is located at 294 Coosa County Road 20 in Equality. There will be fellowship and dinner after the service. Guest minister will be Pastor Cameron Thomas of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Cropwell. Pastor Richard Ellis Taylor is minister. YOUTH EXPLOSION: Hatchett Springs Baptist Church is hosting its annual youth explosion, Saturday, Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. Guest speaker and performer is D Hal. Special guests are the Greater New Hope Youth Choir, Daughters of Destiny and more. All surrounding youth is invited.
Monday, September 11
HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Dolores Hydock will present “The RedHeaded Woman meets Mr. Death and Southern Comfort in a Castiron skillet” to Horizons Unlimited
Monday, Sept. 11 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Building at 375 Lee Street Alexander City. Membership is $20 per person or $30 per couple per semester. Registration for the fall quarter begins at 1 p.m. Sept. 11.
September 11-13 EMPOWERMENT SERVICES: New Style Baptist Church will be hosting Christian education empowerment services Sept. 11-13 at 7 p.m. night.y. Guest speaker will be Pastor Carlos Wilson of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Additional guests include Malcom Cooper and the Soulful Voices of Birmingham and Nicholas Jemison.
Tuesday, September 12
COMMUNITY BAND: The CACC Community Band Inaugural Rehearsal will be Tuesday, Sept. 12 from 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium. For more information contact Conductor Ivory Brock at 256-2154326 or email at ibrock@cacc.edu. You can also sign up at the CACC website under fine arts.
September 17-20
CHURCH REVIVAL: Old Providence Baptist Church in Hackneyville is hosting revival services Sept. 17-20. The Sunday service will be at 6 p.m. with Monday through Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Tim Harris from Comer Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Don Polston is the pastor.
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Monday, September 18
HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Dr. Paul Harris will present “The Berlin Airlif and Operation Kinderlift” to Horizons Unlimited Monday, Sept. 18 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Building at 375 Lee Street Alexander City.
Thursday, September 21 DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEETING: The Tallapoosa County Democratic Party will host a meeting Sept. 21 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. to learn more about the Dec. 12 special election to fill the Senate seat formerly held by Jeff Sessions. The meeting will be held at the Charles Porch Center. For more information call Carol Gowan at 256-794-7432.
Saturday, September 26
BLOOD DRIVE: Kingz United is hosting a blood drive Saturday, Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 332 East South Street in Dadeville.
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STARGAZING: The Auburn Astronomical Society will set up telescopes to look at the night sky Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. on Hospice Point near the silo at Wind Creek State Park.
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Pleasant Grove Church of Christ 1819 Bay Pine Rd, Jackson’s Gap
Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist 835 Valley Rd., Camp Hill 334-257-4442
Mt. Carmel Baptist 3610 Dudleyville Rd., Dadeville
Southview Church of Christ 2325 Dadeville Rd., Alex City 256-329-0212
Ridge Grove Missionary Baptist Alexander City, 256-234-6972
Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 63 South, Alex City 256-234-7748
Rocky Mt. Baptist New Site community
New Beginning Baptist 1076 Coley Creek Rd.
Seleeta Baptist Booker St., Alex City 256-329-2685 Shady Grove Baptist Jackson’s Gap Community
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Liberty Baptist 1365 Hillabee St., Alex City 256-329-8830 New Life Baptist County Road 14, Alex City, 256-329-2635 Victory Baptist 280 By-Pass, Alex City
CHURCH OF GOD Alex City No. 2 A.C.O.P. Church of God Local Street, Alex City Bread of Life A.C.O.P. Church of God Hwy. 280, Kellyton
New Concord Baptist Off hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-5390
Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Blvd. Alex City
New Elkahatchee Baptist Elkahatchee Rd., Alex City 256-329-9942
The Great Bethel Missionary 520 Christian St., Alex City 256-234-5513
New Hope Baptist Lake Martin, off Hwy. 63 256-329-5218
Dadeville Church of God 425 Horseshoe Bend Rd. (Hwy. 49 N.) Dadeville 256-825-8820
Unity Baptist Robinson Rd., Alex City
New Life Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-6190 / 256-329-2635
Marshall Street Church of God 428 Marshall Street, Alex City 256-234-3180
New Pine Grove Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Perryville
New Faith Tabernacle A.C.O.P. Church of God “J” Street
Zion Hill Missionary Baptist 583 S. Broadnax St., Dadeville BAPTIST – SOUTHERN Bay Pine Baptist 1480 Bay Pine Rd. Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4433
West End Baptist Off 280 West, 256-234-2130
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River of Life Worship Center 407 Hillabee St., Alex City, 256-329-9593
Pleasant Home Baptist Clay County
New Providence Baptist Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City
New Harvest Ministries Church of God Hwy 280 & Coosa 28 256-329-2331
BAPTIST – MISSIONARY Bethlehem Baptist New Site
Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Road
New Rocky Mount Baptist 670 Peckerwood Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-794-3846
Cross Key Baptist Hackneyville, 256-329-9716
Bethel Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-5070
New Salem Road New Site Rd., New Site, 256-234-2932
Darian Missionary Baptist Church Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City 256-329-3865
Beulah Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-9882
Old Providence Baptist Off Hwy. 63 N., near Hackneyville
The Church of God 13th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1696
Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle 256-596-1873
Washington Street A.C.O.P. Church of God Washington Street
Orr Street Baptist 1000 “O” Street (Hwy. 63N) Alex City, 256-234-3171
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Church of God of Prophecy 303 Poplar Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6941
Elam Baptist Robertson Rd. Alex City
Calvary Baptist 819 Main St., Dadeville, 256-825-5989
Early Rose Baptist 201 E Street, Alexander City Flint Hill Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville
Calvary Heights Baptist Elkahatchee, Rd., Alex City 256-234-7224
Friendship Baptist Our Town Community, 256-329-5243
Camp Hill Baptist Downtown Camp Hill, 256-896-2811
Hollins Springs Baptist Hwy. 280, Goodwater
Comer Memorial 941 E. Church St., Alex City 256-234-2236
Jackson’s Gap Baptist Church 21 East Church St. 256-825-6814
Daviston Baptist Daviston, 395-4327 Eagle Creek Baptist Hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-6048
Liberty Church 1034 Liberty Church Rd. Willow Point Alex City Macedonia Baptist Macedonia Circle, Goodwater 256-839-5793 Marietta Baptist Goodwater
Fellowship Baptist Buttston Community Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church on Claybrook Drive, Alex City 256-839-5339 First Baptist Court Square, Alex City 256-234-6351
Miracle Missionary Baptist 1687 “I” Street 256-215-9788, 256-215-9787
First Baptist Tallassee St., Dadeville, 256-825-6232
Mt. Calvary Baptist 329 King St., Alex City, 256-234-5631 Mt. Olive Baptist Hwy. 280 & Jct. 49, Goodwater Mt. Sinai Baptist Fish Pond Rd., Coosa County 256-329-2337 Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 22, New Site Mt. Zion East StillWaters Dr., 256-825-4991
Good News Baptist Church 10493 Hwy. 280, Jackson’s Gap 256-825-2555 Hackneyville Baptist Hwy. 63 N., Hackneyville Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798 Horseshoe Bend Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville Jackson’s Gap Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4951 Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, 256-329-1512
Mt. Zion West Our Town Community, 256-234-7748 New Elam Baptist Hwy. 9, Burtonville, 256-234-2037 New Bethel Baptist Rock St., Dadeville, 256-825-7726 Peace & Goodwill Baptist Cottage Grove Community Alexander City, 256-377-4634 Pine Grove Baptist Eagle Creek Rd., Dadeville
Kendrick Baptist Church Nixburg Lake Martin Baptist Hwy 34, Dadeville 256-825-7434 Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy. 50W, Dadeville Lebanon Baptist Mt. Carmel Rd., Dadeville, 256-234-7541
Perryville Baptist Perryville, 256-234-3588
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1515 Worthy Road, Alex City (Corner of Worthy Place and Dadeville Road)
Pine Grove Baptist Camp Hill Ray Baptist Rockford Hwy., Alex City, 256-234-7609 River Road Baptist 148 Dean Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6971 Rocky Creek Baptist Samford Rd., Cowpens Community Rocky Mount Baptist Hwy. 22 E., Alex City, 256-329-2327 Rock Springs Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-839-6263 Russell Farm Baptist Hwy. 63 beyond Our Town
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During the presentation, Fuller said the United Way’s iconic fundraising thermometer would be on display, which would also have the ultimate financial goal printed on it, being revealed for the first time during the event. Helping during the presentation would be the campaign’s pacesetter, Russell Brands. With a highly successful campaign conducted last year, the United Way is looking for any assistance in reaching their goals for this year. “Last year, we helped over 25,000 people through our agencies,” Fuller said. “We’re always looking for volunteers.” “The money raised each year is allocated back out to our various agencies,” Marketing and Initiatives Director Courtney Layfield said. “It’s easy to raise money when you believe in something.” For virtually everyone who is a part of the United Way, not only is this campaign key to providing for those in the Lake Martin area with the help they need, but simply being there for those in need has had a big impact. “I’ve been with United Way for about 10 months now,” said Executive Assistant Tina Parker. “I feel like I can actually make a difference now. There are a ton of ways for people to get involved.” “It’s great to be part of an organization that has such a wide reach and helps so many people,” Layfield said. The ultimate goal of the 2018 “Team United” campaign is to be able to help as many people as possible in Tallapoosa and Coosa counties, and with the public’s help, they will be able to do that and so much more. “The public doesn’t always see everyone who comes in to our office needing help. We do,” Fuller said.
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Dadeville short meeting,” he said. In addition, Smith said he had met with representatives from Hyundai, who were interested in setting up a plant in Dadeville. The town was working with Alabama Power in getting a new building constructed in the industrial park that would meet the needs of Hyundai or any other industry interested in coming to Dadeville. The demolition of buildings around town had ground to a halt, due to the grant writer essentially quitting. However, another group had stepped up to help them finish the first group of houses on the list. Following his talk, several of the Kiwanians had questions for Smith, including if traffic signals would be re-installed at the intersection of Broadnax and Lafayette Streets, when work might begin on the Courthouse Square project and what was going on with a number of sites around town. “The documentation came in this week, telling us what’s under the concrete at the courthouse square. It’s pretty much just dirt,” he said. “We’re looking at next spring for starting the next phase of work there.” Despite initially not receiving a response from ALDOT about returning traffic lights to the intersection in front of Bob’s Fine Foods, Smith said he followed up with the local legislators, which led to ALDOT contacting him and setting up a meeting with the mayor in the next couple of weeks. “We’ll stay with it until we get a resolution. The city may have to pay for it, but we will keep going after
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Dadeville Mayor Wayne Smith discusses some of the many goings-on around town during Thursday’s Dadeville Kiwanis Club meeting.
it,” Smith said. Elsewhere, the mayor announced there were plans for the old Piggly Wiggly building, while Auto Zone is moving in next to Dollar General and another group is looking at redoing the truck stop on Highway 280 and adding either a Waffle House or a
Huddle House at the location. In addition to being the special guest speaker Thursday, it was announced that Smith was submitting an application to join the group and become part of the Kiwanis family, which was met with applause from those in attendance.
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Horseshoe Bend’s Williams to serve on state board STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
Horseshoe Bend’s Felicia Williams has been tabbed to serve as the vice president of public policy for the Alabama Association of Career and Technical Education (ALACTE). As part of the position from August 2017 until August of 2019, Williams will serve as a member of the executive board of ALACTE, attend all ALACTE board meetings, the ACTE region conference in Georgia in September, ACTE Vision in Nashville in December and the ACTE National Police Seminar in Washington D.C. in March. Williams Williams will also serve as chair of public policy committee appointed to provide information and promote governmental affairs and advocacy issues affecting career and technical education at the local, state and national levels. She will be responsible for planning and implementing the ALACTE CTE in Montgomery being available during the Alabama Legislative Session to come to the State House on behalf of ALACTE as needed. Williams will assist with dissemination of advocacy issues to members and business partners affecting career and technical education. Previously, Williams has served as the section president of the Alabama Association Teachers of Family and Consumer Science (AATFACS) and will now serve as past-president on the AATFACS board. Williams is the family and consumer science teacher and FCCLA adviser at Horseshoe Bend School. She is the wife of David Williams of Alexander City and the daughter of Jimmy and Elizabeth Huett of New Site.
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Russell cleanup continues and progresses Shown above and left, some of the last concrete from the former Russell Corp. complex is loaded up on Friday. As long as the property is cleared in time, the city has plans of purchasing it. The deadline was set for 60 days at the beginning of August.
Benjamin Russell JROTC promotes senior cadet By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
The Navy JROTC unit at Benjamin Russell High School held their weekly uniform review Friday afternoon. Three lines of cadets stood at attention as the unit instructor, Captain Matthew Leahey, along with two high-ranking cadets inspected the cadets’ uniforms, making sure their shoes were properly shined, shirts correctly tucked in and hair worn according to regulation. Following the inspection, Leahey presented Cadet Matthew Jackson with a Certificate of Promotion, advancing Jackson to the rank of Cadet Lieutenant Junior Grade. Part of this year’s senior class, Jackson’s promotion also enables him to take the role of administrative officer, meaning he will be keeping track of much of the unit’s paperwork, according to Leahey. The uniform inspection is one of the requirements the U.S. Navy has for their JROTC units across the country. “As part of our instruction, cadets must wear their uniform for a whole day once a week,” Leahey said. “We usually choose Friday for this, since we see all of our cadets that day.” Cadet Lieutenant Commander Kalysa Passmore, who is the Cadet Commanding Officer for the unit this year, explained why having weekly inspections like this are so important. “It teaches us discipline,” she said. “It’s preparing us for when we graduate high school and go out into the real world.” Passmore also said she believed the JROTC unit was very different from other clubs and organizations, along with how she felt to be named the Cadet Commanding Officer for the school year. “You make good friends, and you take part in plenty of team-building exercises,” she said. “I’m really excited about this. I’m excited but nervous. I want to provide a good example to the younger cadets.” To round out each cadet’s inspection, Leahey asked him or her questions about the curriculum they have been learning since the beginning of school. “Military knowledge is part of the inspection,” he said. “Currently, our cadets are studying the naval chain of command,
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Above: Captain Matthew Leahey with the Benjamin Russell Navy JROTC prepares to inspect a group of cadets. Left: Captain Matthew Leahey presents Cadet Matthew Jackson with his Certificate of Promotion to the rank of Cadet Lieutenant Junior Grade.
from the Navy JROTC Area Commander up to the President, as well as the General Orders to the Sentry. There are 11 orders, and we make them memorize them.” Whether the cadets provided Leahey with the correct answer to his questions, or replied with the statement “This cadet does not know, but this cadet will find out,”
Leahey felt they had made good progress since the start of school. “Your military knowledge is coming along. You’re a little bit ahead of where I thought you would be,” he said. While Leahey said he would like to see the unit grow to 100 cadets in the future, the approximately 60 who enrolled this
year have an exciting year ahead of them, including an overnight trip to Pensacola, Florida to compete in the annual Gator Games against other Navy JROTC units from around the Southeast in September and a bi-annual inspection from the Area 8 Manager of the NJROTC on Thursday, Oct. 19.
Dadeville Class of 1952 holds reunion
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Fun with letters at Alex City Middle School It’s amazing what a difference one little letter can make as someone removed the ‘O’ in OPEN HOUSE on the school’s marquee, making it PEN HOUSE. The sign drew a laugh from one of our readers who alerted The Outlook of the funny message.
A reunion of the Dadeville High School Class of 1952 was held at Peggy Moran’s hunting lodge near Horseshoe Bend Aug. 12. The class has held 12 class reunions since graduating 65 years ago. Fourteen members were present in 2017. Front left to right, Barbara Brasell, June C. Machen, Lila C. Denny and Hesper C. Clemms. Back row left to right, Mary Jo Brown, Peggy B. Moran, Peggy S. Harrelson, Barbara W. Marchando, Joe Hardwick, Coker Lester, Nonie M. Huddleston, Billy Lester, Billie Nell Sanford and Belmont Nickerson.
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ecently, I’ve been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and love I’ve heard and seen from area athletes around the Alexander City and Lake Martin region. I spoke with Benjamin Russell’s new wrestling coach on Friday morning, and he talked about why he returned to Alex City after leaving for quite some time. He said simply, “Home is home.” Some of the area’s best and most famous athletes have called this area home, and I’m always pleasantly surprised with how their hearts still remain in the region. It started a couple months ago when I attended the Benjamin Russell vs. Central Coosa alumni basketball game, where the likes of Terrell Owens, Adalius Thomas and Scottie Vines were in attendance. Last weekend, the auction to benefit the Dream Field was a huge success, and so much of the sports memorabilia auctioned off was donated with the help of Kendall Graveman. Then on Monday, Justin Tuck, a Coosa graduate who didn’t even attend the University of Alabama, went to the Lake Martin Bama Club fall kickoff dinner just to “show his support” for kids in the area. One thing’s for certain: These athletes haven’t lost appreciation with the people and town who gave them their starts. “I love when I get to go back to the Sportplex and enjoy fall practices and tryouts and be able to go see the high school coaches that influenced my life,” Graveman said earlier this summer. Many of these athletes have become role models to kids in the area; they prove that despite being from a small town or a seemingly unknown area, you can still make your dreams come true. “I hope if there’s a kid around here that’s saying he’s from a small town and no one will give him a shot, he can look at us and see that in a lot of ways, we had it rougher than they do because these small towns weren’t on the map,” Tuck said. “Now, when you talk about Coosa County and Tallapoosa County, those names up come up. People know about these areas now, so college recruiters are looking here. Over time, I hope it can get even better for kids that want to come out of these small towns like I did.” But being from the same towns as Owens and Graveman or Tuck and Thomas doesn’t guarantee you a spot in the big leagues. And all these athletes will tell you, it takes hard work. Luckily, we seem to be in an area that heavily supports its sports programs and young athletes, so between dedication from the player, his or her family and the surrounding community, the sky is the limit. “Jamario Moon (Central Coosa graduate) used to shoot basketballs when the gym was closed,” Tuck said. “Adalius Thomas was running bleachers and I know Terrell Owens is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever been around. No one ever talks about that side of things; they talk about their successes, but they don’t talk about how diligent they worked to get to where they are.” Graveman said, “There’s no shortcut. It’s always going to take hard work. I would tell parents to invest in your kid’s life, on and off the field, and lastly, always appreciate the community of Alex City for putting me in this position. Without the Sportplex and the facilities we had, I don’t think I’d be where I am today.” But regardless of where these athletes end up, they always seem to find their way back home. Lizi Arbogast is the sports editor of The Outlook.
RANSAW TAKES OVER “Dwight Busby allowed us to wrestle the way that suited us best, and I think that’s why we had so many state championships, so my coaching style is knowing the individual style of each wrestler.”
Michael Ransaw named wrestling coach at BRHS
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The wrestling head coach’s job at Benjamin Russell has been somewhat of a revolving door over the last few years, and that may continue this season as the Wildcats were on the prowl for the coach late in the game. But for now, they’ve brought in a familiar face to head up the program and it’s uncertain what the future will hold for Michael Ransaw. “After not being successful in finding the right coach, the superintendent and principal came to me and asked if I would be interested in being the interim head coach,” said Ransaw, who currently works in Auburn as a special projects manager for Shark Ninja and is also an Alexander City School Board member. “After this year, we’ll see what happens because they were wondering if I wanted to get back into the teaching arena, which is something I’m very much considering.” Ransaw is very familiar with the Benjamin Russell program. He was
a member of the Wildcats’ last state championship in 1983 and wrestled under head coach Dwight Busby. Much of his coaching style came from what he learned at BRHS. “Most team sports you can lay a plan out and the only thing they have to do is run the plays,” Ransaw said. “Wrestling is all about knowing the individual style of each wrestler and knowing what gets them in the third period. Dwight Busby allowed us to wrestle the way that suited us best, and I think that’s why we had so many state championships, so my coaching style is knowing the individual style of each wrestler. “We will be an aggressive team and we will keep the pressure on our opponents.” Having served as a volunteer coach for several years also gives Ransaw a leg up because he knows most of the wrestlers. Although he took a season off last year, Ransaw saw many of the returning Wildcats wrestle since they were in middle school.
“It’s early, but the great thing about the team that’s coming back is we have a lot of young kids from last year that are coming back with more experience,” Ransaw said. “With preworkouts, they’re getting stronger and faster. They’re getting in shape early, so when we bring the football players in, they shouldn’t have missed a beat.” Helping Ransaw will be Ben Blake, also a former Benjamin Russell wrestler. Blake is technically the middle school coach but will also be assisting Ransaw at the varsity level. He was an assistant last year under Danny Hall. “Ben is a great help, and I’m one of those coaches that I never say people work for me — we work together,” Ransaw said. “We have the same objective and that objective is to put Benjamin Russell wrestling back to where it used to be. Ben knows Benjamin Russell wrestling, and he knows the intensity that we expect.”
National wakesurf pro practices on Lake Martin STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
When USA Nationals competitor Cassidy Gale found herself tied for second place at the Callaway Gardens tournament last weekend, she made the trip to Lake Martin to put in the practice time she needed to edge out Jordan Wolfe for the No. 2 spot. Gale spent last Saturday behind a G23 Super Air Nautique driven by Russell Marine’s Sawyer Davis to adjust to the wake structure of the boat used in the contest. A first-year professional wakesurfer, Gale is a powerhouse. She hits every trick with force and confidence and is known for throwing water 10 yards across the wake with her slash. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Gale usually practices behind a Malibu, which generates a wake of a different shape than the Nautique. “I needed to work on everything to get used to the shape of the wake,” Gale said. “The front section of the wake is what’s
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USA National wake surf competitor Cassidy Gale practiced on Lake Martin this past weekend.
different.” Her practice session began at 8 a.m. just north of Martin Dam at Goat Island. By late morning, she was more comfortable with the Nautique wake, and when the competition resumed the following day, she sailed past her closest competitor
and nailed the tricks with her usual powerhouse flair. The 18-year-old has been wakesurfing since age 10, and as an amateur, she’s taken titles in numerous competitions, including the USA Nationals last year. She’s hit the No. 2 position behind champion wakesurfer
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Ashley Kidd in several competitions this year, including the pro division at the USA Nationals last weekend. For more about Gale’s visit to Lake Martin, look for the September issue of Lake magazine in racks next weekend.
2017 ALEX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Saturday, Aug. 26 ACMS at Wetumpka, 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 31 Auburn at ACMS, 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 ACMS at Opelika, 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 ACMS at Oxford, 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21 ACMS at Stanhope, 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28 ACMS at Dadeville, 5 p.m. — seventh grade only
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From left, Chris Landers, Myles Landers, Seth Johnston, Rob McClellan, all of Alexander City, and Cullen Carr, of Ashland, snagged this 352-pound, 11-foot and two-inch alligator in Spanish Fort on Friday, Aug. 18. For a chance to be featured on the Alexander City Outlook sports pages, send us a picture of your biggest catches of the summer, whether they be fish, turtles, rattlesnakes or gators. Send photos to sports editor Lizi Arbogast at lizi.arbogast@alexcityoutlook.com or share them with us on Facebook.
Thursday, Oct. 5 Russell County at ACMS, 5 p.m. — seventh and eighth grade combined into one game Tuesday, Oct. 10 Chelsea at ACMS, 5 p.m.
FRIDAY NIGHT SCOREBOARD WITH GAME COVERAGE INSIDE BRHS 28, Stanhope Elmore 12.....Page 7 Dadeville 28, LaFayette 14............Page 2 Mont. Catholic 51 , Coosa Central 6 ....Page 13
Horseshoe Bend 28, B.B Comer 0........Page 10 Wetumpka 47, Prattville 29.....Page 4 Tallassee 21, Russell County 14...Page 11
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Dadeville’s Qua Tucker takes on a 49-yard touchdown run as he led the Tigers to a 28-14 win over LaFayette. Tucker finished the night with 147 yards on 17 carries.
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Left: Richard White talks to the team on Friday night. Right: Dadeville’s Tykeem Holley shows off the ball after a big fumble recovery in the second quarter of a 28-14 win over LaFayette Friday night.
Dadeville speeds by state-ranked LaFayette, 28-14 By MITCH SNEED Editor
The Dadeville Tigers used a recipe that included blinding speed and a swarming defense to pull off what some would call an upset of the stateranked LaFayette Bulldogs Friday night in Dadeville. Dadeville showed speed kills and rode the fleet feet of speedster Qua Tucker and Joshua Taylor to a 21-14 lead at the half. Then it was the defense that took over, collecting three secondhalf turnovers and pitching a second half shutout on the way to a 28-14 win
over No. 7 ranked LaFayette. “Speed kills, there’s no doubt about that,” Dadeville coach Richard White said. “You just got to feed them the ball and something big might happen. But that defense really came together when it had to and I was proud of the way they got after it. They didn’t play great, but they played assignment football. When you can throttle the kind of athletes that they have, you’ve done something.” Tucker finished the night with 146 yards on 17 carries with touchdown runs of 66 and 49 yards. While it ended well for the Tigers,
it looked at first like it could be a long night. Just a minute and a half into the game, Lafayette had marched to the Dadeville 11 on three plays. From there Zarion Moore scooted around the right end for a score. The kick was good and the Bulldogs led 7-0 with 10:30 left in the first quarter. Midway through the quarter, Tucker showed the speed that made him a state champion sprinter. He took a snap in the Wildcat formation, made two men miss, then found daylight and 66 yards later he was celebrating a tie game and a touchdown.
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A Dadeville fumble set the Bulldogs up the red zone. Four plays after recovering at the Dadeville 14 with 3:04 left in the period, Robert Houston scored on a 6-yard zigzagging run to make it 14-7 with 1:00 left in the first quarter. On the ensuing kickoff, the Bulldogs tried a night kick to keep the ball away from Tucker. The ball hit the ground and Taylor scooped it up and took off down the right sideline and didn’t stop until he had an 86-yard touchdown. Alex Sims nailed the extra point and it was tied 14-14. See DADEVILLE • Page 3
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Tucker made it 21-14 early in the second quarter when he took a direct snap and raced untouched 49 yards for a score with 9:07 left in the period. “I saw it open up, when I got that one block, then I knew when I turned the corner they wouldn’t catch me,” Tucker said. “Then it was just turn on the jets.” Dadeville added a 4-yard touchdown by Kadore Glenn with 3:48 to play in the third quarter, then relied on the defense. The Tigers defense was led by Glenn with nine tackles and three passes broken up. Zander McClendon had a big interception late to LaFayette Dadeville
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kill a LaFayette drive. Jalen Sullivan broke up four passes and had a fumble recovery for the Tigers. Ab Abernathy played both ways and finished with seven tackles and four assists. White said conditioning played a big role. “When you are small in numbers like we are, you have to be tough and be able to dig deep in the fourth quarter,” White said. “I’ve been telling them that since Day 1. It was a hot night and we had a few with some cramps too, but they stepped up and got it done when it counted.” The Tigers will face rival Reeltown Thursday night.
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First Quarter LAF — Zarion Moore 11 run (Julius Bullard kick), 10:30 DAD — Qua Tucker 66 run (Alex Sims kick), 5:42 LAF —Takeem Holley 6 run (Bullard kick), 1:00 DAD — Joshua Taylor 86 kickoff return (Sims kick), 0:47
Mitch Sneed / The Outlook
Above: Dadeville’s Joshua Taylor, left, picks up a kickoff then begins to pick his way to an 86-yard touchdown Friday night in a 28-14 win over LaFayette. Below: Coaches and fans swarm Qua Tucker to celebrate a 66-yard touchdown run in the first quarter of Friday’s win over LaFayette.
Second Quarter DAD — Tucker 49 run (Sims kick), 9:07 Third Quarter DAD — Kadore Glenn 4 run (Sims kick), 3:49 Team Statistics First downs Rushes-yards Passing Passing yards Total yards Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards
LAF 9 38-262 5-19-1 77 329 3-33.3 4-2 13-84
DAD 9 33-188 3-5-0 74 262 4-35.3 3-2 6-29
Individual Statistics Rushing — LAF: Houston 17-154, Jaelin McCurdy16-124, Moore 4- minus 12. DAD – Tucker 17-146, Glenn 8-57 Passing — LAF – McCurdy 4-15-1 42, Cameron Tai 1-4-0 35 DAD Rice 3-5-0 74. Interceptions — Zander McClendon 1.
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Wetumpka 47, Prattville 29
Brian Tannehill / For The Herald
Senior quarterback Deandre Ezell (5) breaks through the Prattville defensive line during Wetumpka’s 47-29 win over Prattville.
Indians shrug off sluggish start, rout Prattville By EVAN DUDLEY Herald Sports Editor
The anticipation of the 2017 football season may have gotten to a few players but Kavosiey Smoke and Jadarious Martin pulled the team together and overcame an early deficit Friday night. The Wetumpka Indians (1-0)
defeated the Prattville Lions (0-1) in three-hour long contest filled with penalties and a lot of running from Smoke and Martin. The two combined for six touchdowns and more than 250 rushing yards. Martin knew the Lions would be salivating at the thought of revenge after last year’s shootout but the junior quar-
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terback and his team kept their poise and rallied for a 47-29 victory over the visiting Lions. “We started off slow but we had to bounce back,” Martin said. “We knew it would be a hard game so we had to put all of our hard work we’ve put in over the summer to get the victory.” The Lions took an early 14-point
lead by way of two Traair Edwards passing touchdowns to Malik Smith and Ryan McDaniel but Smoke and his boys were not fretting in the least bit. Smoke scored twice in the second quarter on 3- and 5-yard runs to pull the Indians within one point of Prattville. The Lions managed to tack on a 25-yard field goal near the end of the first half and led Wetumpka 17-13 at halftime. The second half began with the first of two picks by senior Trey McCreary which resulted in a quick three-play drive capped with a one-yard touchdown run by Smoke. Prattville scored on another Edwards in the third quarter, sandwiched between two Martin touchdown runs of 80 and 75 yards. Entering the final quarter, the Indians led 34-23 and would extend their lead and final margin to 47-29 off another Smoke touchdown run, a 38-yarder, and a Deandre Ezell 1-yard plunge. “Feels good to win our first game,” said Smoke, who finished the game with 164 yards rushing and four See INDIANS • Page 6
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Montgomery Academy 42, Elmore County 14
David Granger / The Herald
Elmore County captains Terrence Head (1), D.J. Patrick (4) and Donovan Jones walk to the center of the field for the pregame coin toss.
Montgomery Academy wins over Elmore County in season opener By DAVID GRANGER The Wetunpka Herald
MONTGOMERY – A pounding running game led by seniors Keefe White and Kevin Doh and the opportune passing of quarterback Daniel Lindsey led the Montgomery Academy Eagles to a convincing 42-14 win over the Elmore County Panthers in the season opener for both teams here at McLemore Field Friday night. White ran for 74 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries and Doh added 46 yards on 11 totes and a score as the Eagles jumped out to a 35-0 halftime lead before cruising to the victory. Lindsey completed four of only six passes for a total of 182 yards and two touchdowns – one for 80 yards and another for 75 – to speedy wideout William Meacham. While the superlatives were numerous for Montgomery Academy, Elmore County head coach Norman Dean had to dig a little deeper to find positives on the night. “There’s always positives,” Dean
said. “We’re out here playing with a couple of seniors and ninth-graders and 10th-graders. You know, just hanging in the game this long and not giving up, playing hard the whole game. There’s always some positives in there. It’s the first game of the year. You build and you try to get better as the season goes on.” Elmore County failed to score in the contest until its first possession of the third quarter, but even that came after a Montgomery Academy bolt of lightning. The Eagles received the second-half kickoff and on their first play from scrimmage, Lindsey hit Meacham on their second scoring hookup of the night, this one the 80-yarder. With Bradley Westhauser’s extra point, the Eagles lead 42-0. Elmore County’s D.J. Patrick brought the ensuing Montgomery Academy kickoff back to the Eagles’ 48 and the Panthers put together two first down runs by Patrick and another by Donovan Jones to drive to the Eagles’ 2, where Jones scored over the right tackle for Elmore See PANTHERS • Page 8
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touchdowns. “It’s a good start to the season and we’re going make some big moves.” Wetumpka coach Tim Perry was pleased with the victory but knows there were several mistakes made that can be corrected in practice. “I thought our guys did a great job of staying focused and not losing their composure when things didn’t go well for us early in the game,” he said. “We won’t be able to continue to win
if we don’t clean up those penalties and mistakes, and I’ll take responsibility for that. The effort was there but we scored quickly and our defense was on the field for far too long.” The Indians hit the road next week when they travel to Eufaula for an interclass contest with the Tigers (1-0), who trounced the Early County Bobcats of Blakely, Georgia, 42-20, last night in a Border-War contest.
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Brian Tannehill / For The Herald
Top: Senior runningback Kavosiey Smoke strides across the field during Wetumpka’s 47-29 win over Prattville. Bottom: Junior quarterback Jadarious Martin scampers on his way to a 80-yard touchdown against Prattville.
Pratt – Perine 25 FG, 3:18 Third Quarter Wet — Smoke 1 run (Grindle kick), 11:22 Wet – Jadarious Martin 80 run (Grindle kick), 5:37 Pratt – Deangelo Jones 20 pass from Edwards (kick failed), 2:01 Wet – Martin 75 run (Grindle kick), 1:43 Fourth Quarter Pratt — Jones 17 run (kick failed), 8:16 Wet – Smoke 38 run (Grindle kick), 5:50 Wet – Deandre Ezell 1 run (kick failed), 1:42 Team Statistics Prattville
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Individual Statistics Rushing — Pratt: Jones 21-101, Edwards 16-50, Smith 2-1 Wet: Smoke 15-164, Martin 9-189, Ezell 8-71, LaPrade 8-32. Passing — Pratt: Edwards 17-33-3-3, Kramer 2-2-0-0 Wet: Ezell 3-8-0-0, Martin 2-6-0-0. Receiving — Pratt: Smith 10-123, McDaniel 4-69, Washington 3-34, Jones 1-10, Pettway 1-7. Wet: Adams 2-33, Martin 1-24, Ezell 1-15, LaPrade 1-4. Interceptions — Wet: Trey McCreary 2, Tyquan Rawls 1.
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Preseason jitters reason for jamboree loss 28-12, coach says, looks forward By COREY ARWOOD The Wetumpka Herald
The Stanhope Elmore High School Mustangs Fall Jamboree proved to be a case of the preseason jitters, or that’s what Coach Bryan Bradford chalked the 16-point loss to Benjamin Russell High School Wildcats up to Friday after the game. With five minutes to go in the second quarter BRHS held a one-point lead 7-6, but the Mustangs fought ahead at the 2:30 mark with a front-flip hit touchdown by #16 Johnny Montgomery that brought the score to 12-7. With a failed two-point conversion, that would be the only lead the Mustangs held for the rest of the game, and the last points they would get on the board while the Wildcats drove up the eventual lead. Just before the half, with just under two-minutes remaining BRHS returned a shallow SEHS punt, and on the second play BRHS’ Da’vede Herron ran a touchdown. At 14-12, the Wildcats kept the fighting Mustangs at bay, while Montgomery suffered one sack but rebounded with a long pass to #14 Tyler Bradford for a first down and 36 seconds remaining. Another pass to Bradford brought the brought them to BRHS 23-yard line and three-seconds remaining, Montgomery attempted a failed 10-yard rush to close the half. Being a jamboree, there were no punts in the second half and BRHS started with a 10-yard handoff by AJ Thompson to the SEHS 33-yard line. The Mustang defense held steady throughout the second half, seemingly picking up the slack the offense dropped. But Thompson pushed through, and a few plays later Jacorious McNeal ran into the SEHS end zone from their 15-yard line, with a touchdown at 7:43
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BRHS 28, Stanhope Elmore 12
left in the third quarter bringing their lead to 12-20. A few short runs by Mustangs’ Logan Swindle gained about a dozen yards, but little else happened in the third. And possibly less happened by way of the offense in the fourth. A Mustang long pass attempt picked off by BRHS’ Deshaun Gonzalez resulted in a 40-yard touchdown run. A good field goal brought the score to the final 28-12. Stanhope tried to battle back, but a series of high snaps lost them substantial yardage. However successive pass interferences at the tail-end of the fourth by BRHS gained it right back. But it wasn’t enough and the last play of the night was an incomplete Mustangs last-ditch touchdown attempt. First-year Head Coach Bryan Bradford reacted to the night’s loss, saying it was only a case of the pre-season jitters. “This here’s a practice game, you know it’s a good warm up got to work out a lot of kinks got to work out a lot of jitters and stuff, you know I thought the kids played hard, we made a lot of mistakes that cost us the outcome,” Bradford said. Going forward into the regular season he said his strategy was to improve the team overall. “You know now we get to out of our base and actually do what we want to do, this is just a warm up to get rid of jitters and stuff,” Bradford said. “We got to get better stopping people, and we got to score more points, 12-points is not good enough and we got to stop them from scoring, basic simple football tackling better and blocking better.” Asked about his time so far, he said Corey Arwood / The Herald he was not at all new to the team, or the Mustang quarterback Johnny Montgomery was knocked for a loop by the BRHS area, just new to the position. “I was here for nine years before as a defense, but flipped in the end zone scoring the final points of the night in their fall jamboree Friday night. coordinator, this is back home for me.”
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Panthers County’s first touchdown of 2017 with 6:53 left in the third quarter. On their final possession of the game, the Panthers put together an eight-play, 80-yard drive for their second score, Patrick doing the honors around right end from four yards out. Both Joseph Stockman PATs were good for Elmore County. From the beginning, the Eagles served notice that they were set on revenge for last season’s 35-28 loss to the Panthers at Elmore County’s BurtHaynie Field and they would likely
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be a force to reckon with in Class 3A, Region 3. The Eagles drove 57 yards on 10 plays with their first possession before White scored from five yards out. Westhauser kicked his first of six successful PATs on the night. Elmore County managed three first downs on its ensuing drive, but was eventually forced to punt. Three plays later Lindsey and Meacham hooked up for the 75-yard scoring strike with 3:15 left in the opening stanza. The Eagles put together a 10-play, 74-yard drive with their first drive of
the second quarter, Cedrick Paymon scoring from 30 yards out with 5:35 left in the half to become the third of five Eagles who scored on the night. Three plays later, the Eagles got a recovery by William Davis of a snap over the head of Elmore County quarterback Terrence Head. Three plays and a pass-interference call against Elmore County later, Lindsey plunged over from the 2 with 3:18 left in the half. On Elmore County’s first play after the ensuing kickoff, Head was inter-
cepted by Paymon and four plays later Doh scored his touchdown from six yards out to give the Eagles the 35-0 halftime lead. Head rushed for 69 yards to lead the Panther attack. Jones added 64 and Patrick 62. Elmore County hosts Alabama Christian next Friday night at BurtHaynie Field. Montgomery Academy hosts intracity rival St. James.
Montgomery Academy 42, Elmore County 14
Elmore County 00 00 07 07 — 14 Montgomery Academy 14 21 07 00—42 First Quarter Montgomery Academy — Keefe White 2 run (Bradley Westhauser kick), 5:27 Montgomery Academy – William Meacham 75 pass from Daniel Lindsey (Westhauser kick), 3:15 Second Quarter Montgomery Acadeny — Cedrick Paymon 30 run (Westhauser kick), 5:35 Montgomery Academy – Lindsey 2 run (Westhauser kick), 3:18 Montgomery Academy – Kevin Doh 6 run (Westhauser kick), 1:02 Third Quarter Montgomery Academy — Meacham 80 pass from Lindsey (Westhauser kick), 11:46 Elmore County – Donovan Jones 2 run (Joseph Stockman kick), 6:53 Fourth Quarter Elmore County — D.J. Patrick 4 run (Stockman kick), 2:44 Team Statistics MA ECHS First downs 19 11 Rushes-yards 38-220 35-195 Passing 4-6-0 1-4-1 Passing yards 161 07 Total yards 381 202 Punts 00 04 Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-1 Penalties-yards 0-0 3-35 Individual Statistics Rushing — MA: Cedrick Paymon 5-80, Keefe White 15-74, Kevin Doh 11-46, Daniel Lindsey 4-17, Jonathan Woodward 2-5, Bradley Westhauser 1-(-2). ECHS: Terrence Head 10-169, D.J. Patrick 11-62, Donovan Jones 12-64. Passing — MA: Daniel Lindsey 4-6-194-0 ECHS: Terrence Head 1-4-7-1. Receiving — MA: William Meacham 3-159, Keefe White 1-2. ECHS: D.J. Patrick 1-7. Interceptions — MA: Cedrick Paymon 1.
David Granger / The Herald
New Elmore County defensive coordinator Rodney Taylor talks to his troops during Friday night’s 42-14 loss to Montgomery Academy.
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Tallassee 21, Russell County 14
Carmen Rodgers / The Tribune
Tallassee’s Markevious Mathews (5) brings down Russell County’s Gary John (2) during Friday night’s game between the Tigers and the Warriors at J.E Hot O’Brien Stadium.
Tigers gut out 21-14 victory against Russell County By TIM HORTON For The Outlook
The Tallassee Tigers opened the 2017 campaign Friday night at home against Russell County. Senior quarterback Casey Baynes led his squad out to begin what they hope will be a deep playoff run again. It was a struggle against a senior-laden Russell County team that was determined to get a win, but Tallassee proved supreme in a 21-14 victory. Tallassee began the game in familiar fashion as Baynes led the Tigers 54 yards in eight plays,
scoring on a 1-yard push. Senior Jacob Burton scampered into the corner of the end zone for the two-point conversion and Tallassee was up 8-0 with 6:33 left in the first quarter. The Tigers ripped the ball free from the Indians on their next drive and quickly struck paydirt again in three plays as Baynes threw his first touchdown pass of the year to Kalvin Levett who caught it on the sideline and streaked down the sideline from 51 yards out. Quiton Jeter connected on the point-after, 15-0 Tallassee. Russell County took the ball with 1:58 to go in the quarter and ran five plays with quarter-
back Gary Johnson throwing 26 yards to D’Andre Hartwell for six points. The Indians scored a twopoint conversion on a gadget play to cut the deficit to 15-8. The teams battled back and forth until Baynes was heavily pressured on the last play of the first half, had his pass tipped and intercepted. Baynes tried desperately to make the stop but to no avail as the Indians ran it into the end zone for a 53-yard interception return. The Indians came out in the third quarter and stuffed Tallassee holding the Tigers to 36 yards of offense. See TALLASSEE • Page 11
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AUGUST 26-27, 2017
Horseshoe Bend 28, B.B. Comer 0
Cliff Williams / The Outlook
Left: Horseshoe Bend’s Cody Massey (40) and Jace Rodriguez (4) bring down B.B. Comer’s Reggie Seals Jr. Right: Horseshoe Bend’s Joe Railey recovers a fumble on the opening kickoff against B.B. Comer inside Comer’s 5-yard line.
Horseshoe Bend performs well in jamboree STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
SYLACAUGA — With expectations flying, Horseshoe Bend lived up to the hype — at least in its jamboree game against B.B. Comer. After building up a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, the Generals started to use some substitutes and get a feel for who’s going to be best in which positions. It all seemed to work for Horseshoe Bend, which claimed a 28-0 win. “(The scrimmage) definitely benefits
us,” Horseshoe Bend coach Josh Averett said. “Donoho, who we’ve got next week, didn’t play a fall jamboree, so I think we’ll be a little ahead of them next week. It lets you get some of the kinks out, see who’s going to be able to play a little bit and answers some of those questions. Someone may look good against our own guys, but when you put them out against someone else, it might be a different story.” Defensively, the Generals performed extremely well in the shutout. Parker Branch was the leading tackler with six solo and three assisted, and one for a
loss. Grant Taylor had two solo tackles, one assist and one for a loss, while Jase Jacques and Nywanski Russell each contributed three tackles. “Defense was good,” Averett said. “There’s always things you want to work on or you want to do better, but you can’t argue with no points.” As expected, Trace Meadows carried a lot of the workload offensively. He totaled 133 yards, including 68 on the ground and 65 receiving. He scored two rushing touchdowns and added another receiving one. “He’s going to be a big producer for
us,” Averett said. “He’s a good runner and can catch it, too. He caught one wheel route down the sideline. He didn’t get a whole lot of touches tonight (five carries) because we were up early.” Nalijah Heard was the next best receiver, hauling in two catches for 32 yards and a touchdown. Quarterback Cade Worthy finished 5-for-9 for 118 yards and threw both TDs. After taking out the starters for most of the second and third quarters — the junior high team played all of the fourth — Joe Railey had a breakout game. He racked up 89 yards on 12 carries.
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Tallassee The Indians played determined and hard but couldn’t break through as the Tigers defense began to gel. The Tigers bent but never let Russell County threaten again, thanks to the hard play of the entire defense — in particular sophomore Tavarious “Truck” Griffin who asserted himself in a big way as he pressured the Indians quarterback every time he attempted to drop back or roll-out. This group of young Tigers found fresh legs and new drive in the fourth quarter as they dug deep and went on a 13-play, 84-yard drive to seal the game. Junior Jalen Johnson carried the rock eight times for 64 yards on this drive finishing it off from 8 yards out. The extra-point went wide left, but Tallassee set the final score with 6:08 to go.
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Russell County had two more possessions but the young Tiger defense smelled it now and kept the Indians in reverse gear for the rest of the game, intercepting the Indians last desperate gasp on a deep pass at the Tallassee 11-yard line. Tallassee took over and ran out the clock. Tallassee really began to find itself in all areas in the fourth quarter and as fans saw last year, that’s where good teams dig deep if they want to prevail. Tallassee finished with 41 carries for 219 yards on the ground and nine completions from 14 passes for 145 yards. The Tigers finished with a total of 364 yards of offense, while holding Russell County to 179 yards. Tallassee travels to W.S. Neal next Friday night.
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Top: Tallassee’s Kalvin Levette (1) out runs the Russell County’s defense to make a 56-yard drive for a touchdown during the first quarter. Above: Tallassee’s Jamarcus Miller (23) put a halt to Russell County’s Tyrelle Anthony (9) attempt to drive the football down field during Friday night’s battle between the Tigers and Warriors.
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STATEWIDE SCORES WEEK ZERO SCOREBOARD Thursday’s Games
Abbeville Chr. 41, Northside Methodist 10 Appalachian 21, Southeastern-Blount 12 Bessemer Aca. 56, Cornerstone-Columbiana 13 Carver-Birmingham 48, Sumter Central 6 Cherokee 34, R.A. Hubbard 8 Daphne 3, Davidson 0 Fayette Co. 18, Gordo 14 Homewood 29, Pelham 22 Mobile Chr. 43, Lighthouse Private (Fla.) 14 North Jackson 21, Walter Wellborn 20 Notasulga 37, Reeltown 33 Sidney Lanier 28, LeeMontgomery 13 West Blocton 46, Brookwood 41 Wilson 27, Sheffield 0 Winfield 14, Sipsey Valley 13
Friday’s Games Interclass
Addison 40, Elkmont 20 Alabama Christian 42, Providence Christian 12 Ariton 42, McKenzie 6 Auburn 27, CarverMontgomery 0 Bayside Academy 15, St. James 12 Bessemer City 20, CentralTuscaloosa 7 Bibb County 14, Jemison 7 Blount 27, Vigor 6 Brewer 24, Randolph 18 Cedartown (Ga.) 41, Cherokee County 14 Central-Clay County 21, Munford 20 Central-Florence 34, Lexington 18 Chickasaw 66, McIntosh 6 Clements 14, Danville 7 Colbert Heights 14, Red Bay 6 Cottage Hill Christian 14,
Satsuma 13 Curry 25, Berry 0 Dadeville 28, LaFayette 14 Dale County 60, Headland 28 Darlington (Ga.) 50, Gaston 0 Decatur Heritage 28, Falkville 19 Dora 29, Corner 6 Edgewood Academy 47, Hope Christian 14 Enterprise 24, Dothan 17 Etowah 17, SouthsideGadsden 3 Eufaula 42, Early County (Ga.) 20 Flomaton 36, Jay (Fla.) 7 Fort Payne 30, Chattooga (Ga.) 28 Geneva County 33, Houston Academy 18 Glencoe 40, West End 13 Grayson (Ga.) 35, Hoover 26 Grissom 35, Arab 12 Hanceville 36, Cold Springs 20 Holly Pond 28, Coosa Christian 6
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2017 SPORTS EXTRA
AUGUST 26-27, 2017
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Catholic Montgomery 51, Central Coosa 6
Cliff Williams / The Outlook
Left: Central Coosa’s Donta Daniel is brought down by Catholic Montgomery’s Derrick Parker Friday night in the third quarter. Right: Coach Shane Rary speaks with substitute Chaz Nickolson.
Coosa can’t keep up with Catholic Montgomery By LIZI ARBOGAST Managing Sports Editor
Right from the get-go of Friday night’s game, the Central Coosa faithful had to know it was going to be a long night. On the very first play of the night, the Cougars had a bad snap and lost seven yards. On the next, Catholic Montgomery’s Dennis Parker sacked JaMichael Chambliss in the end zone for a safety, and the Knights never looked back. They walked away with a 51-6 victory. “We let their size get to us early,” Central Coosa coach Shane Rary said. “The mental game, they definitely took
advantage of it in the first half.” After a dismal first half, during which the Cougars managed negative-70 yards of offense due to several fumbled snaps and a handful of sacks, things started to look up for Central Coosa in the second half. It started the third quarter with a decent drive that got the Cougars past midfield for the first time all night, but an untimely fumble at the Knights’ 45 ended any hope of a score. The Cougars finished with three turnovers, all three of which led directly to Catholic Montgomery scores. Finally, mercifully, Central Coosa got a spark. Down 44-0 nearing the end of the
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fourth quarter, Donta Daniel, who was solid on both sides of the ball, found a hole and went off to the races. “I saw the hole and it opened up for me,” Daniel said. “I ran through it and my blocks were right at that time. I went midfield, hit my cut and just gave it all I got and really gassed it. I push through the pain and just try to do my best.” Daniel, who was cramping all evening after playing practically every single snap, had to take two plays off after the 77-yard run. It looked like Central Coosa might not capitalize, but Daniel reentered the game to finish off the drive with a four-yard score. Although Daniel has been touted
throughout the preseason for his offensive prowess — and for good reason; he finished the game with 114 rushing yards — it was actually his defense that was most impressive. Donta finished with four tackles for a loss. “Every week, we try to plan for everybody to come out and put them in the best position to give us a chance to win,” Rary said. “Donta just seems to find a way to break out of what we’re doing, read a play and make it happen. He’s smart enough to be let go sometimes and let him do his thing; he did that a lot tonight. He ran and tackled all over the field, and that’s why he’s hurtSee COOSA • Page 15
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AUGUST 26-27, 2017
Notasulga 37, Reeltown 33
Carmen Rodgers / The Tribune
Top left: Reeltown’s KeKe Hughley (#4) makes a 74-yard drive during the second quarter. Bottom left: Reeltown’s Tre Hughley (#24) tries to stop Notasulga’s Kildrick Adams (#6) during Thursday’s game. After a long fought battle the Blue Devils defeated the Rebels 37-33. Right: Notasulga’s defense proved to be a tough match.
Reeltown falls in season opener, 37-33 By LIZI ARBOGAST Managing Sports Editor
Reeltown showed such promise in the second half of its season opener against Notasulga. After a first half that left a lot to be desired, especially defensively, the Rebels seemed to be clicking on all cylinders. But it just wasn’t enough. The Blue Devils scored with 3:35 to go, and although Reeltown answered, the game was out of reach and it ended in a 37-33 defeat for the Rebels. “(Notasulga) has a great football team over there, and I’m superbly proud of our guys for fighting,” Reeltown coach Matt Johnson said. “We had some injuries early in the first half, and our guys just kept fighting, so I’m very tickled with that.” Down 29-19 heading into halftime, it looked like the tide might turn in Reeltown’s favor early in the third quarter. On Notasulga’s first drive of the half, Chandler Gray recovered a fumble
at the Blue Devil 19, setting the Rebels up in prime position for a score. Tre Hughley delivered with a 16-yard touchdown two plays later. Over the course of the next eight minutes, Reeltown looked like a new team. Gray and Leo Lewis hit back-toback tackles for a loss and an incomplete Notasulga pass forced it to punt, then the Rebels’ ground game took over. “That drive was exactly what we want to do,” Johnson said. “That’s our identity and our brand of football, but we got to finish those drives.” Reeltown was pinned at its own 11, but the Rebels just kept pounding the football. They drove nearly 60 yards with Makevon Hughley, Eric Shaw, Tre Hughley and Cameron Faison all getting in on the action. The drive took the Blue Devils all the way into the fourth quarter, and had they scored, they would’ve taken their first lead of the game. But an untimely sack ended the pos-
session, and Notasulga scored its final touchdown four minutes later. “That kinda brought us down a little bit,” Faison said. “But we’ll get better next week. We’re still good, it’s just the first game and it’s a long season.” Despite being down by 10 with under four minutes to go, Reeltown still didn’t quit. A couple pass interference calls against the Blue Devils seriously helped Reeltown along, and Makevon Hughley scored an eight-yard rushing touchdown to pull within four points. Twice in a row, it looked like the Rebels would have another chance offensively, as the Blue Devils struggled to get clean snaps off in the victory formation. “I think we set the bar good for high school football this year,” Notasulga coach A.J. Jones said. “Coach Johnson and I are real good friends, and I told him that we gave the people what they wanted. We went back and forth, and I wish two people could win, but I’m
a little better that my blue was on top this time.” Although Gray and Lewis were both defensive standouts — each recovered a fumble and Gray had two TFLs — the Rebels simply didn’t look up to par defensively. Several missed tackles allowed Notasulga to gain some long yard plays, and the Blue Devils used the jet sweep frequently to take advantage of Reeltown’s miscues. “With a team like that you, gotta play assignment football,” Johnson said. “We knew they were going to attack us out on the edge. We needed to keep them contained out on the jet. If you’re an outside linebacker losing containment, that’s one of the most frustrating things as a coach because that’s your primary concern.” Faison was a workhorse for the Rebels, gaining 84 yards on 18 carries, while Makevon Hughley had 75 yards on 10 carries. Logan Hunt started at quarterback and went 9-for-20 for 85 yards.
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AUGUST 26-27, 2017
Coosa
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Cath. Montgomery 51, Central Coosa 6
Cath. Montgomery 23 14 7 7 — 51 Central Coosa 0 0 0 6—6 First Quarter M — Safety (Dennis Parker tackle in end zone), 11:14 M — Daniel Ferrall pass from Kamryn Jackson (Jacob Flowers kick), 6:14 M — Jackson 13 run (Kyriacos Philippou kick), 3:35 M — Tyler Price 7 run (Flowers kick), 1:04 Second Quarter M — Price 2 run (Flowers kick), 11:35 M — Price 47 pass from Ferrall (Philippou kick), 0:26 Third Quarter M — Cephus Cleveland 38 run (Zack Pappanastos kik), 3:35 Fourth Quarter C — Donta Daniels 4 run (run failed), 11:10 M — Luke Whetstone 77 run (Flowers kick), 10:29
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ing a little bit now.” Daniel even spent some time at quarterback, as Chambliss also suffered with some cramping, which is to be expected with such a low roster number. Overall, Central Coosa’s defense looked decent. Although Catholic Montgomery finished with 377 yards of offense, 202 of those came in the first half and another 77 were contributed by a single touchdown run from Luke Whetstone. “What we did well defensively was we got back in the backfield a couple times,” Daniel said. “We did all right on coverage; we just have to work on some things with our coverages, blitzes and all that.” Although Daniel was the workhorse for Central Coosa, eighth-grader Jashaslin James gave the Cougars a little something to celebrate late in the game. He finished with 26 yards on five carries, all of which came in the fourth quarter. After the first game, it’s obvious Coosa is going to have some growing pains to start the season, but Rary certainly isn’t hanging up his hat just yet. “We just gotta get a lot tougher mentally,” Rary said. “We don’t get to do a lot of full speed in practice because our numbers, and I think the size and the speed kinda woke us up a little bit. I think it’ll set the tone for the rest of the year, and we’ll be prepared.”
Team Statistics
Cliff Williams / The Outlook
Top: Coosa Central’s Drake Catchings brings down Catholic Montgomery’s Braxton Rogers. Above: Catholic Montgomery’s Dezhion Carter is unable to come up with a catch in front of Coosa Central’s Dawson Duncan.
Cath. Mont. Coosa First downs 11 5 Rushes-yards 28-246 35-69 Passing 5-10-0 0-5-1 Passing yards 131 0 Total yards 377 69 Punts 3-21.7 5-23 Fumbles-lost 0-0 8-2 Penalties-yards 11-90 3-21 Individual Statistics Rushing — Cath. Montgomery: Whetstone 3-95, Price 7-58, Cleveland 3-44, DJ Carter 4-17, Ferrall 1-13, Jackson 1-13, Robert Johnson 1-8, Braxton Rogers 1-0, Team, 2-(-2), Darrell Gibson 1-(-4); Central Coosa: Donta Daniel 20-114, Jashaslin James 5-26, JaMichael Chambliss 7-(-31), Team 3-(-30). Passing — Cath. Montgomery: Farrell 5-10-123-0, Cleveland 1-1-8-0; Central Coosa: Chambliss 0-3-0-0, Donta Daniel 0-20-1. Receiving — Cath. Montgomery: Price 2-57, Rogers 1-27, Jackson 1-23, Carter 1-16, Myles Butler 1-8. Interceptions — Cath. Montgomery: Austin Wilkinson.
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Edgewood wins for the first time under Folmar
AUGUST 26-27, 2017
Edgewood 27, Hope Christian 14
STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
The Edgewood Academy Wildcats (1-0) routed the Hope Christian School Eagles (0-1) in a n offensive explosion, 47-14. Two Wildcats rushed for more than 100 yards and two touchdowns each and new signal-caller Christian Ivey threw a touchdown to Kam Burleson in the first win for Edgewood since Eric Folmar was hired last year. The Eagles were outgained by more than 300 yards and could not stop the ferocious rushing attack of the Wildcats. Edgewood also doubled the amount of first downs by Hope Christian and recorded two turnovers. Edgewood returns home next week where they’ll host the Southwest Georgia Academy Warriors. Team Statistics First downs Rushes-yards Passing Passing yards Total yards Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards
Edgewood Academy 47, Hope Christian 14 Edgewood 21 298 13-18-0 198 496 1-45 0-0 8-75
Hope Christian 9 144 3-8-0 29 173 6-30.2 2-2 4-30
File / The Outlook
Left: Freshman Undrez Crawford caught six passes for 101 yards Friday night in Edgewood’s 47-14 win against Hope Christian. Above: Senior Matt Williams hauled in 56 yards on three catches and had 3.5 tackles Friday night against Hope Christian.
Let the games begin Mitch Sneed / The Outlook